San José Food Scraps Pilot Program

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San José Food Scraps Pilot Program Linda Chan CRRA—Sacramento, CA August 9, 2016

About the City of San José 3rd largest city in California 10th largest city in U.S. Over 1 million residents 214,000 single-family dwellings 3,300 multi-family dwellings Green Vision Goal #5: Divert 100% of waste by 2022 560,000 tons disposed Citywide in 2014-2015 3.1 lbs per capita 71% diversion rate

Current Recycle Plus Program

2008 Residential Garbage Characterization

Pilot Program Development Process Garden City Pilot Proposal May 2015 Operational Plan June 2015 CEQA Exemption August 2015 Letter of Agreement; Pilot Begins September 2015

Pilot Design Pilot duration: September 2015-September 2016 6,500 single-family households 20-gallon single cart; 64-gallon split cart Collection days remain unchanged No additional charge for participating Allow residents to opt out Liner bags allowed Food scraps processed are transformed into ingredient for animal feed

20-gallon food scraps cart 3,850 households

64-gallon split cart 46-gallons for garbage 18-gallons for food scraps 2,800 households

Collection Vehicles Part of existing CNG fleet Automated side loaders Trucks retrofitted with augers

Sustainable Alternative Feed Enterprise (SAFE) Process

Initial Outreach—Postcard

Initial Outreach—Website GardenCitySanitation.com/sort/food “Hidden” webpage FAQs Contact form for feedback

Outreach– Kitchen Pail

Outreach– Cart Hanger

Outreach– progress

Mid-point Progress 20-gallon cart 64-gallon split cart 35% participation 15 lbs per week per home* 48 opt-out (1%) 64-gallon split cart 65% participation 11 lbs per week per home* 79 opt-out (3%) Average of 66% diversion rate since launch from both routes * 31 lbs of solid waste per week per home on average

Mid-point Survey Multi-lingual Letter Reply Postcard

600 surveys received, 10% response rate More than half of returned surveys provided written comments

Comments from Mid-point Survey There are a lot of street parking cars. It's difficult to place three bins This program should become nation wide, reduce landfill waste, keep up the great work. Messy, time-consuming It makes our garbage container more clean. Reduced our garbage by half the amount.

Next Steps End-point survey (Sept/Oct 2016) Final comprehensive report (Nov 2016) Exploring to expand pilot area with new technology

Questions? Linda Chan Environmental Services Department Integrated Waste Management Division (408) 975-2559 Linda.Chan@sanjoseca.gov www.sjenvironment.org